Shanna has spent her whole life waiting—waiting to be old enough, waiting for the day she must pick a consort, waiting for a chance to finally overcome her despicable stepfather… and waiting for someone to finally banish the loneliness that comes with being a queen-in-waiting one step away from being murdered.On the eve of the two-week event during which she must pick a consort from a bevy of suitors, two strangers arrive claiming to have been invited—though she knows full well they did not receive any such invitation. But the handsome, mischievous Prince Kallaar is too intriguing to resist, and his quiet bodyguard too compelling to ignore…But she’s learned the hard way never to let anyone get too close, and on the verge of gaining true independence her stepfather will stop at nothing to see she never gets it.

Threesome, Bisexual, MMF, Bodyguard, Royalty/Nobility, Secret betrothal, Protective, Serious

Lifesworn is created by Megan Derr, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author

Lifesworn Series

  Penli threw the book across the room, drew up the blanket that had fallen to the floor, and fell into a restless sleep.


  He woke to another note from Shanna, ordering him to come to dinner on pain of 'or else'.


  Penli summoned a servant and penned a reply saying he would be taking the 'or else,' thank you very much. The last thing he wanted was to sit through an agonizing dinner, stuck in a chair that acerbated his wounds while the men he was fighting for did their best to avoid looking at or talking to him.


  'Or else' came three hours later, announcing itself by way of thunderous pounding on the door and his name strung together with several choice epithets a queen-in-waiting shouldn't say, let alone bellow. Penli heaved a sigh and pulled the door open.


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